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About Me

Hello and welcome to my website!

 

My name is Borbala, but please, call me Borie.

 

I live on Brixton hill, South West London and have worked as a Nanny over the past decade, caring for babies and young children (and their parents too) with love, passion and understanding.

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Since training with the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) as a doula, antenatal practitioner and pregnancy yoga teacher, my focus shifted towards supporting new families in the antenatal period, during labour and birth, all the way through the fourth trimester after childbirth. I am able to offer the much-needed continuity of care that birthing people and brand new families get very little of from the NHS maternity services.

 

As an NCT trained doula with a holistic attitude toward perinatal care, I am an advocate of personalised labour support and informed decision making where the emphasis is on the birthing person's needs and preferences taking into consideration her physical, mental, emotional and social health.

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Alongside, the usual antenatal preparation sessions that doulas normally offer, I am also happy to teach you calming yoga postures, active birth principles and hypnobirthing techniques that can aid your labour, birth and even your parenting journey. As a birth and postnatal doula, I am there for both parents (as and when applicable), but not to take anyone's place, rather complement it. 

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During my postnatal doula work, I tailor my support on each visit to what you need then and there. It is a very flexible service to make sure each member of the family is well taken care of. Whether you need a listening ear, a healthy and delicious home-cooked meal, a few hours of sleep, company, reassurance or massage, I will be providing just that to make the early weeks as smooth a transition as possible. 

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I offer a free consultation over WhatsApp video, to see if we would be a good match for each other. 

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Doula serevices

I offer continuous doula support covering antenatal preparations, labour support and postnatal care.

 

The birth and postnatal packages may be booked separately. 

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BIRTH doula package:

  • meeting you 3x 2hrs each before you reach 37 weeks of your pregnancy (with twins earlier)

  • exploring your options around labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period 

  • helping you write your birth preferences document (considering induction, c-birth, epidural use and your dream scenario)

  • teaching you breathing and massage techniques if needed, active labour and birth positions 

  • teaching you how to use tennis balls, a scarf and positioning techniques based on the biomechanics of the pelvis to support straightforward labour and birth

  • discussing common interventions and how to avoid them

  • discussing first feeds and what to expect from your baby/ies

  • supporting you in your home in early labour and staying with you until it's time for you to go to your chosen place of birth and then staying by your side until your baby is born 

  • using aromatherapy, homoeopathy, and Rebozo, alongside massage and breathing techniques during labour based on your needs

  • being available during your labour and helping you with on-the-spot decision-making should you need it

  • being on-call from 2 weeks before your "guesstimated" due date until your baby is born

  • being available any time via Whatsapp (on-call period: 24/7) 

This is a package offer, with all the above included, and is priced at £1200. 

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POSTNATAL doula package:

  • visiting you as soon as possible after birth in your hospital or in your home (depending on your birth experience, postnatal ward care and your needs) to help with feeding (latch, positions)

  • visiting you in your home 10 x 3 hours over 6 weeks.

  • taking care of cooking (either using recipes of your favourite dishes or my ideas), laundry and the dishwasher 

  • helping with baby care as and when needed

  • providing time for you to sleep if you need to (looking after your baby while you do that)

  • helping with feeding your baby (breast or bottle, whatever kind of support you need)

  • talking through the birth experience

  • being the listening ear

  • foot massage/neck and shoulder massage

  • belly binding: teaching you how to do it and providing you with the binding material

  • closing of the bones ceremony at one of the sessions around 4 weeks post-birth

  • the elements of this package will be tailored to your needs

This postnatal package offer is priced at £900.

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Night Doula support:

8 pm to 8 am

I will be supporting you with your chosen feeding method while adapting to the rhythm of your life to give you a well-rested night experience.

£170/night

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Closing the Bones ceremony post-birth:

This is a traditional body relaxing and pampering ceremony that originates in South America, but variations of it are practised throughout the world.

It uses several scarves to gently rock and massage the whole body into blissful relaxation. Then the body is wrapped up, cocooned/swaddled with particular attention to the hips.

It may release all sorts of emotions and help the person experiencing it to draw the birthing experience to a close and move forward with their parenting journey. It is a physical and emotional journey with the help of scarves, aromatherapy, light touch and poetry. 

The ideal time for this ceremony is somewhere in the first 4weeks post-birth, depending on the birth experience.

£90

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Payment plans and combined service discounts/low-income discounts are available! Please ASK!

Optimal Baby Positioning

Your baby's position is directly linked to easier and more straightforward labour, optimal positioning can prevent obstructed labour, the need for instrument-assisted birth and the use of epidurals.  I trained with Molly O'Brien, founder of Optimal Birth, in 2019 and have been using these specific maternal positioning techniques with success since then.

You can learn these techniques too and apply them when needed as preventative measures in late pregnancy or even during labour as low-risk interventions with the help of your birthing team.

 

During the workshop and the follow-up session, I will be teaching you about

  • the bony and soft structures of the pelvis, how to baby travels through the pelvis

  • positions that create more space for the baby as they journey through,

  • using a scarf as a labour tool

  • specific maternal positioning techniques that can prevent suboptimal baby position before labour or resolve them during labour

  • birth ball and breathing exercises to aid mobility in pregnancy

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During this work, I meet you twice for an hour somewhere in your 2nd or 3rd trimester.

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£150/2 sessions

Hypnobirthing

I trained with Dani Diosi in 2021 as an independent hypnobirthing teacher. My scripts can be adapted to your individual needs, circumstances and preferences.

Please book my one to one (in-person) or small group (currently online) hypnobirthing courses below.  

What will you learn?

  • What is hypnosis?

  • How does the subconscious work?

  • The physiology of labour and how hypnobirthing supports it

  • An effective pain management tool

  • Emotional and physical stages of labour

  • Birth affirmations

  • Hypnobirthing relaxation practise sessions throughout

  • Birth partner work

  • Massage and breathing techniques

 

Also included:​​​​

  • Digital course resources

  • Hypnobirthing scripts and recordings

  • Lovely gifts to take home that help you practise and consolidate what you have learnt.

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Testimonials

“Hey Borie, we have been meaning to thank you from the deepest bottom of our hearts for being such an important part of our birth story. I was hoping that one day I'd wake up with the right words to describe it all, to thank you, to explain just how proud, grateful and full of joy I am at it all, and yet all the words still feel like they fall short and can't do it justice. I read this the other day though (on @smallthingsgrowhomebirth on IG, where else? :) ) and immediately thought of you:

"Birth is hard. It is vulnerable. It brings us to the very limits of ourselves. Even with childbirth education and research and watching endless birth videos, most people in labour  (and particularly first-time labourers) cannot believe this is what labour actually is. Having someone steady in the waves is a balm that helps them withstand the storm. It is grounding to have someone reminding them that Yes, this is what it is. Yes, it's hard, but that doesn't mean it's wrong. Yes, what is happening is normal. Yes, you are doing things exactly right."

You were that reassurance for me, that balm, that steadying voice that I can still hear so clearly - "You are doing so well" - those hands squeezing my hips with every surge, mopping my brow, bringing me water. And also your joy, in the whole process, where I knew that my joy was your joy too, that you trusted me and my body, that we were in this together, that there was little you'd rather be doing than helping give us such a beautiful start to parenthood. Not a day goes by where I don't think about Tammo's birth and feel proud and joyful: thank you from the bottom of our hearts. With love and so much admiration.”

Sonja, Gengez & Tammo
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